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  <recipe>
    <head>
      <title>1992 3rd Place Chocolate Mint Sticks</title>
      <categories>
        <cat>Cookies</cat>
        <cat>Holiday</cat></categories>
      <yield>36</yield></head>
    <ingredients>
      <ing-div>
        <title>BROWNIE</title>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>1</qty>
            <unit>cup</unit></amt>
          <item>Butter, softened</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>2</qty>
            <unit>cups</unit></amt>
          <item>Granulated sugar</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>4</qty>
            <unit/></amt>
          <item>Eggs</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>2</qty>
            <unit>teaspoons</unit></amt>
          <item>Vanilla</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>4</qty>
            <unit>ounces</unit></amt>
          <item>Unsweetened chocolate,</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty/>
            <unit/></amt>
          <item>Melted</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>1</qty>
            <unit>cup</unit></amt>
          <item>Unsifted all-purpose flour</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>3/4</qty>
            <unit>cups</unit></amt>
          <item>Chopped pecans or walnuts</item></ing></ing-div>
      <ing-div>
        <title>FILLING</title>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>2</qty>
            <unit>cups</unit></amt>
          <item>Confectioners' sugar</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>4</qty>
            <unit>tablespoons</unit></amt>
          <item>Butter or margarine,</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty/>
            <unit/></amt>
          <item>Softened</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>2</qty>
            <unit>tablespoons</unit></amt>
          <item>Milk</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>1/2</qty>
            <unit>teaspoons</unit></amt>
          <item>Peppermint extract</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty/>
            <unit/></amt>
          <item>1-2 drops green food</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty/>
            <unit/></amt>
          <item>Coloring, if desired</item></ing></ing-div>
      <ing-div>
        <title>GLAZE</title>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>2</qty>
            <unit>ounces</unit></amt>
          <item>Sweetened chocolate</item></ing>
        <ing>
          <amt>
            <qty>2</qty>
            <unit>tablespoons</unit></amt>
          <item>Butter or margarine</item></ing></ing-div></ingredients>
    <directions>
      <step>  Preparation time: 25 minutes Cooking time: 30 minutes
  
   1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 13-by-9-inch baking pan.
  
   2. With an electric mixer, cream the butter, granulated sugar, eggs and
  vanilla until light, 2 minutes. Add the chocolate and mix well. Stop the
  mixer and fold in the flour then the nuts.
  
   3. Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake just until a toothpick inserted
  in the center comes out clean, 30 minutes. Cool completely.
  
   4. For the filling, mix all ingredients until smooth. Spread in an even
  layer over the cooled brownies.
  
   5. For the glaze, melt chocolate with butter; mix well. Pour over filling
  and gently tilt pan so glaze covers the entire surface. Refrigerate until
  glaze is set; cut into squares or sticks. For holiday cookie trays, cut the
  brownies into small squares and decorate them with holiday finery.
  
  Jill Kaltenhaler of Homewood, Illinois from the Chicago Tribune fifth
  annual Food Guide Holiday Cookie Contest December 3, 1992
  Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #339
  
  From: Linda Place &lt;placel@worldnet.att.net&gt;
  
  Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 11:24:27 +0000
 
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